Blending plant operator
Code 8160.6
Blending plant operators control equipment to weigh and mix vegetable oils used in products such as salad oil and margarines. They tend pump oils to perform the blending according to specific formulas. They draw off samples of mixed oil to examine its texture and colour and based on that make adjustments to blending processes.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- origin of dietary fats and oils
Skills and competences
- administer ingredients in food production
- apply HACCP
- apply GMP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- pump products
- support management of raw materials
- monitor oil blending process
- develop work programmes
- winterise fats
- ensure public safety and security
- clean food and beverage machinery
- maintain tanks
- tend mixing oil machine
- tend equipment for oil extraction
- check sensorial parameters of oils and fats
- perform preliminary operations for oil extraction
- collect samples for analysis
- refine edible oils
- use tools for construction and repair
Transversal competences
- assess quality characteristics of food products
- mechanical tools
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences